The first panel shows a driver making a {{w|right turn at red|right turn at a red light}}, a {{w|U-turn}} on the connecting road and then a left turn, returning him to his original direction. Right turns at red lights and U-turns could be illegal at some intersections.

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The second panel shows a person in an inset calling his friend's phone to help him find it, only for it to ring from inside a dog's stomach.

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:{Title: What does XKCD mean?}

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:[One car of two sitting at a red light makes a right turn, then shifts over to the left and makes a left turn to go back the way it came. It then makes another right and continues on the road past the traffic light. This is shown with a red arrow.]

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:{Panel title: It means saving a few seconds at a long red light via elaborate and questionably legal maneuvers.}

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:[Someone on a cell phone is shown in a circle in the panel. A second person in the panel itself is looking at a dog, from which the ringing sound of his phone is coming]

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&lt;&lt;Ring&gt;&gt;

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:{Panel title: It means having someone call your cell phone to figure out where it is.}

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:[The mathematical function "A(g64, g64)=" with the 64s subscripted, appears in the panel. Next to the equal sign stands a mathematician, clutching his head.]

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:{Panel title: It means calling the Ackermann function with Graham's number as the arguments just to horrify mathematicians.}

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:Mathematician: Aughhh

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:[An approximately 8 by 8 square of floor tiles is shown; the first, fourth and seventh across in the first, fourth and seventh rows are black and the rest are white. A guy and girl are shown next to it, walking on what is presumed to be the same pattern of floor tiles.]

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:{Panel title: It means instinctively constructing rules for which floor tiles it's okay to step on and then walking funny ever after.}

Revision as of 19:13, 7 March 2013

Title text: It means shuffling quickly past nuns on the street with ketchup in your palms, pretending you're hiding stigmata.

Explanation

The first panel shows a driver making a right turn at a red light, a U-turn on the connecting road and then a left turn, returning him to his original direction. Right turns at red lights and U-turns could be illegal at some intersections.

The second panel shows a person in an inset calling his friend's phone to help him find it, only for it to ring from inside a dog's stomach.

This explanation may be incomplete or incorrect:Please include the reason why this explanation is incomplete, like this: {{incomplete|reason}}If you can address this issue, please edit the page! Thanks.

Transcript

{Title: What does XKCD mean?}

[One car of two sitting at a red light makes a right turn, then shifts over to the left and makes a left turn to go back the way it came. It then makes another right and continues on the road past the traffic light. This is shown with a red arrow.]

{Panel title: It means saving a few seconds at a long red light via elaborate and questionably legal maneuvers.}

[Someone on a cell phone is shown in a circle in the panel. A second person in the panel itself is looking at a dog, from which the ringing sound of his phone is coming]

<<Ring>>

{Panel title: It means having someone call your cell phone to figure out where it is.}

[The mathematical function "A(g64, g64)=" with the 64s subscripted, appears in the panel. Next to the equal sign stands a mathematician, clutching his head.]

{Panel title: It means calling the Ackermann function with Graham's number as the arguments just to horrify mathematicians.}

Mathematician: Aughhh

[An approximately 8 by 8 square of floor tiles is shown; the first, fourth and seventh across in the first, fourth and seventh rows are black and the rest are white. A guy and girl are shown next to it, walking on what is presumed to be the same pattern of floor tiles.]

{Panel title: It means instinctively constructing rules for which floor tiles it's okay to step on and then walking funny ever after.}

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